1. Robert G Kloppenburg was an American basketball coach.
11 Facts About Bob Kloppenburg
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From 1958 to 1976 and 1977 to 1978, Bob Kloppenburg was head coach at California Western University.
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For much of the 1980s and 1990s, Bob Kloppenburg was an NBA assistant coach with the Cleveland Cavaliers, Seattle SuperSonics, Denver Nuggets, and Toronto Raptors; he had brief stints as interim head coach for the Cavaliers and SuperSonics.
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Bob Kloppenburg graduated from John Marshall High School in Los Angeles.
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At Lindsay, Bob Kloppenburg emphasized defense and ball control in a coaching style inspired by Hank Iba and Pete Newell.
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In 1956, Bob Kloppenburg became head coach at Paramount High School in Paramount, California.
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Bob Kloppenburg had his first varsity college head coaching position in 1958 as the first head coach at California Western University, an NAIA independent school in San Diego, in 1958.
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On December 3,1981, Bob Kloppenburg became interim head coach for the Cavaliers after the firing of head coach Don Delaney.
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Bob Kloppenburg is regarded as the innovator of the SOS defensive system, known for its ability to create turnovers because of "contact switching" on every screen and intense ball pressure with trapping principles.
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Granddaughter Carlotta Bob Kloppenburg-Pruitt has been an assistant women's basketball coach at San Jose State since 2018.
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Bob Kloppenburg died on April 16,2024, at the age of 96.